Bipartisan support applied to SB 122, the first bill sponsored by Republican Deputy Whip Hunter Hill, R-Smyrna, and moved forward in the House by Douglas, another freshman.

“The legislation makes our state a better place for global commerce by extending temporary driving privileges to foreign workers at Georgia companies,” Douglas said about employees who are here legally.

Gov. Nathan Deal signed the bill into law on May 1 at the Kia Motors plant in West Point, accompanied by Douglas and Hill.

Hill said in a statement the new legislation “synchs current federal law with state law.”

The bill passed unanimously in the Senate and 169-2 in the House, opposed by District 167 State Rep. Jeff Chapman, R-Brunswick, and District 180 State Rep. Jason Spencer, R-Woodbine.

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